Broadcast Language
Random
Tips for Listeners
Tips for Anchors
100
Out loud
What is the way broadcast language must be said?
100
written broadcast stories
What is a script?
100
Tim Jones (subject) won (verb) yesterday's spelling bee (direct object).
What is going with the subject-verb-direct object clarity of a sentence?
100
1 million
What is an example of using words for numbers?
200
no more than 30-60 seconds
What is the length of a script using broadcast language?
200
Most important part of the story that goes first
What is a lead?
200
Writing conversational
What is writing the way you talk?
200
VI
What is an example of using numerals for numbers?
300
central point
What is it you look for in broadcast language?
300
Used to cover more than one story in broadcast writing
What is the umbrella lead technique?
300
Writing with short sentences
What is writing simply?
300
"three"
What is an example of spelling out numbers up to (including) eleven?
400
listeners
What is broadcast language written for?
400
The technique that summarizes multiple related stories in one lead
What is an umbrella lead?
400
“Schools Superintendent Richard Edwards”
What is an example of titles before names?
400
"push-up"
What is an example of hyphenating words that go together?
500
the start
What is where stories are focused in broadcast language?
500
The formula broadcast news stories follow
What is the pyramid formula?
500
help, not assist
What is an example of using short words?
500
"[Lee-ann-dra]"
What is an example of spelling things out phonetically?